A District Court issued a ruling that approves the documentary proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration by the states of Arizona and Kansas. Previously, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that such a requirement is preempted by the federal law.

Linda Johnson has been active with the League since 1980. She's served on local and state boards in four communities and two states. Since moving to Leavenworth, KS, with her husband, Carl, Linda has been instrumental in starting the League of Women Voters Leavenworth County. More recently, Linda has been the secretary on the Kansas board as well as an MLD state coach before becoming a Ruth S. Shur Fellow in 2013.

Linda and her husband Carl have two adult daughters – one in Seattle and one in Leavenworth. Linda and Carl enjoy playing bridge, square dancing, attending theatre, reading, walking, singing in choir, and working together outdoors. Linda’s professional life was in social work, in a wide variety of settings – hospitals, inpatient mental health, nursing homes, ethics center, managed care organization. For the last decade or so of her career, she was in administration and teaching.

Today, there was a hearing in U.S. District Court to determine if the actions of the Election Assistance Commission, denying requests to modify the National Mail Voter Registration Form by requiring voters to present documentary proof of citizenship, were legally correct.

LWVUS, LWVAZ and LWVKS applaud the decision by the EAC to reject requests from the states of Arizona and Kansas to modify the national mail-in voter registration form to require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship.

The League of Women Voters’ fourth consecutive Youth Voter Registration Program kicked off this week in nearly 40 communities nationwide. Over the next several months, local League volunteer teams in 15 states will visit local high schools, community colleges and technical/vocational schools in order to help young people get registered and ready to vote in 2014.